Baby-walker.



E. S. KINCANNON.

BABY WALKER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1912. 1,072,959. v Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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BABY WALKER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1912.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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BABY-WALKER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN S. KINoAN NON, acitizenof the United States, and a. resident of Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, have invented a new and Improved Babyalker, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has forits design to provide a baby-walker having a body portion so formed as to afford proper abdominal and waist support for the child; and to provide a convenient seat portion in connection with the body part, as well as a head rest and arm rests, so formed and arranged as to promote the comfort of the child.

The invention also has for its design, the construction of the body part in a manner to permit of readily varying its size and to, provide for various adjustments of the scat portion and the head rest.

It is also a design of my invention to provide a no el suspending means for the babywalker, so constructed that the child will be induced to take exercise and support himself walker showing a child in the act of walk ing; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the child in the act of swinging himself from members of the suspension means, with'his feet off of the floor; Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view, part of the suspension means being broken away; Fig. 4: is a plan v1ew of the blank forming oneof the body members; Fig. 5 1s a rear elevation w1th parts broken out, the suspension means be- I from which the seat portion is formed; and

ing omitted; Fig. 6 is. a plan view without .the suspension means; Fig. 7 is a transverse vertical section of the parts shown in Figs. 5 and 6; Fig. 8 is a plan view of the blank Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Application filed November 29. 1912. Serial No. 734,011;

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the blank from which the head rest is formed.

In constructing a baby-walker in accordance with the illustrated example, a body portion 10 is provided, composed of two similar members l0" within which a child may be placed. To said body part is secured a strip comprising an integral back member 11, a. seat portion 12, 111(1 a front connecting member 13. At the back of the body portion a head rest 14: is secured, and the sides of the body 10 are provided with arm rests 15. The babynvalker has suspending hang ers 16 at each side, which depend from a spreader bar 17, connected by a chain 18 to a pulley or peripherally grooved roller 19, mounted to run on an overhead track raii 20, which may be secured to a ceiling or other overhead support in any suitable man: ner; in the drawings I have shown a bar 21 carrying the track 20. The said bar may be secured fixedly in place or the track directly fastened to any overhead support.

In the example shown each body portion 10 is formed near one end with key-hole slots 22, andat the opposite end with two horizontal rows of similar slots 23. The overlapped portions of the two body sections have their slots 22 in registry, and buttons 24 engage the overlapped portions at the slotsto hold the sections together, said slots and buttons being preferably disposed at the front. I Ihe mating rows of slots 23 at the opposite ends of the sections are also adapted to receive buttons 25 similar to the buttons 24, these being omitted from Fig. 7 in the interest of clearness. In the illustrated example I have shown buttons that are detachable from the body sections.

Each hanger 16, at a side of the babywalker, comprises a pair of chains or equiva lent flexible elements united by' cross bars or rungs 26. One chain 16 is connected to its respective body section 10 at the junction slot, as shown best in Fig. 3, and the extr'eme end 16 of the chain is united to air adjacent link 16 of the body section by means of a key-ring 28. The companion chain 16 of each hanger ranges downwardly and forwardly, the chains thus diverging at the lower ends, and to properly unite said chain 16 to the adjacent body section 10", the latter is provided with an inclined series of key-hole slots. 29, through which the'chain is passed and secured by a key-ring 28 which engages the chain in a manner; similar to the ring 28. The series of slots 23' make it possible to conveniently shift the buttons 24, and to contract or enlarge the size of the body part. Similarly, the series of slots 27, 29, for receiving the chains provide convenient means to secure the lower ends of the chains at different points on the body, and to adjust the height of the baby walker to suit the height of the child. It will be seen that by reason of the inclined series of slots 29, the chain 16 may be shifted on a diagonal line as the overlapped front ends of the sections 10 are adjusted by means of the slots 23 and buttons 24, and the chain connection will thus be maintained at the corners of the front and sides.

I provide additional slots of key-hole shape at 30, between the rows of slots 23 v and a button 31 may be passed through the any slots 30 of the respective body sections, through either one of a series of similar slots 32 in the back member 11, and through one of a vertical series of key-hole slots 33 in the head rest 14. Thus the back memher 11 and the head rest 14; may be adjusted vertically, relatively to the body sections 10. There is furthermore formed in the front member 13 of the seat a vertical series of key-hole slots '34, any two of which may receive the buttons fl tthat unite the overlapped front ends of the body sections. The

members of said strips 38, the ends of the clamp plate being passed through slots 40 in the body sections, and through the inner member of the strip38, and bent down on the latter as at 39 (Fig, 7). A covering 41 of soft material is laid over the strip, both at the inner and outer surfaces of said strip, and is pasted or otherwise suitably fastened in position to afford a cushion.

head rest, and the I prefer to employ indurated fiber board in manufacturing the body sections, the

depending member comprising the back 11, the seat 12, and the front member 13, since said material has the desired rigidity to withstand hard usage and to prevent wear at the slots; also it cannot readily be damaged by the child, and will maintain its form; moreover, the material enables me-to construct the article a a minimum cost.

It will be obvious that with the described adjustment of the depending portion, the

seat may be raised or lowered readily, and the rungs or cross bars 26 of the hangers 16 enable the child to grasp the runner at different heights and support himself by his arms, with his feet raised from the floor, as in Fig. 2.

' In the preferred form the hangers 16 are provided at the upper ends with saddles 42 that rest on the spreader bar 17, the saddles being formed of indurated board or other stiff material corresponding with the material entering into the body portion, head rest, etc. It will be observed that the back member ll'is broader than the seat member 12, said seat member and the front member being of reduced width so as not to give discomfort to the child.

Having described my invention and a practical means of carrying the same into effect, I would state in conclusion that I do not limit myself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A baby walker comprising a body portion formed of separate sections of stiff. material overlapping at the front and rear, each section being provided at one end with a pair v of keyhole slots spaced vertically, at the. op-

posite end with spaced horizontal series of hole slots between the mentioned horizontal series of slots; a depending strip comprising a back member having a vertical series of keyhole slots and overlapping the body portion, a seat member projecting forwardly from the said backmember, and a front member formed with a vertical series of keyhole slots at its upper end and overlapping the body portion, fastening means engaging in the mentioned pairs of slots i the respective body sections and in slots o the front member, additional fastening members engaging in alining slots of the hori= zontal series in the respective body sections, and an additional fastening device engaging a slot of the mentioned back member name to this specification in the. presence of, two subscrlbing wltnesses.

and in alinin'g slots in the body sections be- EDWIN SCOTT KINCANNON" 5 glween the mentioned horizontal series of Witnesses:

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HARRY ROSENHAUPT,

In testimony whereof I have signed my. HARRY L. Conn. 

